Birth Date: 07 Nov, 1947, Age (76)

Occupation : Artist

Filmfare Awards : 1

Place of Birth : Mumbai

Usha Uthup

Usha Uthup is a famous Indian singer known for her dynamic voice that adds flamboyance and sensation to every song! Female Playback Singer in 2012.

Born in 1947 Usha Uthup, or “Didi”, as she is fondly called, comes from a traditional middle class South lndian family. Her father was a policeman, who rose to become Deputy Commissioner of police, Bombay. Her mother, a simple, yet well read, inteliigent Indian housewife. Her elder sisters, lndira and Uma, were the famous singing Sami sisters. Her father-in-law Brigadier C.C. Uthup, of the Sikh Regiment received the prestigious A.V.S.M. award, from president V.V.Giri in 1973.

Darling, which she recorded with Rekha Bhardwaj for the film 7 Khoon Maaf, won the Filmfare Award for Best

Her career began in 1969 at a Chennai nightclub called Nine Gems and she has recorded more than a hundred albums in seventeen lndian languages, sung in several thousand concerts, performed in all major countries and has been on television since its inception in lndia.